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Cut Up

by winklett

Rated: GC · Folder · Personal · #2246667

Poetry without restriction, or of self-imposed structures

Intro Rated: N/A

Size: 60 Items

Created: March 17th, 2021 at 6:08pm

Modified: December 17th, 2024 at 2:55pm

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Location: Blown to Smithereens

Genres: Personal, Dark, Inspirational

Access: No Restrictions

Free verse fun

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Columbia

Rated: 13+ · Tragedy · #621435

For the lost Columbia crew. February 1, 2003

Created: Feb 1st, 2003

Modified: Apr 22nd, 2022

Size: 0.58 KB

Genres: Tragedy, Scientific, Spiritual

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POETRY

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by 19 members

Revelation

Rated: ASR · Relationship · #867202

An unusual kind of revelation, prompted by a bible verse.

Created: Jul 12th, 2004

Modified: Apr 22nd, 2022

Size: 1.05 KB

Genres: Relationship, Arts, Nature

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POETRY

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by 11 members

Cured

Rated: 18+ · Personal · #611279

Make of it what you will!

Created: Jan 18th, 2003

Modified: Mar 29th, 2021

Size: 0.25 KB

Genres: Personal, Other, Other

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ARTICLE

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by 10 members

Sensate

Rated: ASR · Arts · #682060

Poem written for a contest, prompted by artwork.

Created: May 1st, 2003

Modified: Mar 29th, 2021

Size: 0.79 KB

Genres: Arts, Nature, Other

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POETRY

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by 18 members

Watching Television

Rated: ASR · Arts · #601067

My poetry professor challenged us to write a poem entitled "Watching Television."

Created: Jan 4th, 2003

Modified: May 23rd, 2024

Size: 0.86 KB

Genres: Arts, Personal, Philosophy

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POETRY

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by 17 members

The Wedding

Rated: 13+ · Sci-fi · #630322

Outlaw Poet's Contest Entry. Everyone's invited to this wedding.

Created: Feb 13th, 2003

Modified: Mar 29th, 2021

Size: 1.00 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Scientific, Philosophy

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POETRY

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by 24 members

Codeine

Rated: ASR · Personal · #595940

January 1991

Created: Dec 28th, 2002

Modified: Mar 29th, 2021

Size: 1.19 KB

Genres: Personal, Death, Women's

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POETRY

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by 10 members

The Day They Told You

Rated: ASR · Religious · #851355

In honor of breast cancer surivor Aunt Pat (Treeshee), for Writer's Cramp.

Created: May 22nd, 2004

Modified: Apr 22nd, 2022

Size: 1.18 KB

Genres: Religious, Personal, Contest

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POETRY

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by 14 members

Van Gogh - Cafe Terrace at Night

Rated: E · Arts · #869733

Envisioning entering Van Gogh's painting, "Cafe Terrace at Night."

Created: Jul 20th, 2004

Modified: May 23rd, 2024

Size: 0.89 KB

Genres: Arts, Cultural, Romance/Love

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James Thomas on a Trip

Rated: 18+ · Dark · #2276964

A true, dark poem

Created: Jul 20th, 2022

Modified: Jan 5th, 2023

Size: 1.10 KB

Genres: Dark, Personal, Women's

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POETRY

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by 4 members

The Surface of Mercury

Rated: ASR · Personal · #2263712

I describe myself as landscape

Created: Dec 18th, 2021

Modified: Apr 11th, 2022

Size: 0.89 KB

Genres: Personal, Biographical, Sci-fi

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by 3 members

Never Really Right

Rated: ASR · Contest Entry · #2271737

Honest assessment of self, gleaned from a poem written at the Dew Drop Inn.

Created: Apr 21st, 2022

Modified: Sep 4th, 2024

Size: 1.17 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Personal, Dark

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by 24 members

In the Beginning

Rated: E · Contest · #649701

Spring: bring it on!

Created: Mar 12th, 2003

Modified: Mar 29th, 2021

Size: 1.16 KB

Genres: Contest, Nature, Other

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POETRY

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by 1 member

We, Broken

Rated: E · Arts · #2319247

The end of us

Created: Apr 30th, 2024

Modified: Aug 2nd, 2024

Size: 0.25 KB

Genres: Arts, Personal, Contest Entry

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POETRY

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by 16 members

Common Chords

Rated: 13+ · Contest · #664070

An orchestrated, ill-fated race at Saratoga, New York.

Created: Apr 4th, 2003

Modified: Apr 24th, 2022

Size: 1.11 KB

Genres: Contest, Personal, Other

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POETRY

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by 6 members

Surrender

Rated: 18+ · Women's · #1217942

The experience is best retold in dreamtime descriptions.

Created: Feb 14th, 2007

Modified: Jan 2nd, 2023

Size: 0.55 KB

Genres: Women's, Romance/Love, Animal

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POETRY

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by 16 members

Bradbury Park

Rated: 13+ · Scientific · #1002345

A prose poem for SLAM, of an urban fantasy nightmare...

Created: Aug 17th, 2005

Modified: May 23rd, 2024

Size: 0.89 KB

Genres: Scientific, Horror/Scary, Other

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APPENDIX

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by 9 members

June 19, 1953

Rated: 13+ · Tribute · #868859

Of the spy case of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were both executed on June 19, 1953.

Created: Jul 17th, 2004

Modified: Mar 17th, 2021

Size: 0.75 KB

Genres: Tribute, History, Tragedy

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POETRY

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by 9 members

Coastline

Rated: E · Contest · #749924

For Outlaw Poet's Contest; prompted words are 'whisper' and 'scream'.

Created: Sep 12th, 2003

Modified: Mar 17th, 2021

Size: 0.53 KB

Genres: Contest, Nature, Arts

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POETRY

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by 10 members

Austrian Lake

Rated: ASR · Contest · #726521

Gina and I went to Europe in 1997...and there we found Hallstatt, Austria!

Created: Jul 26th, 2003

Modified: Mar 17th, 2021

Size: 1.73 KB

Genres: Contest, History, Travel

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POETRY

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by 9 members

Grasping I

Rated: ASR · Personal · #871436

A free verse musing, with some help from Paul Simon

Created: Jul 25th, 2004

Modified: Apr 24th, 2022

Size: 1.25 KB

Genres: Personal, Philosophy, Other

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POETRY

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by 18 members

Common Quarters

Rated: ASR · Contest · #720475

For Son of Slam 3... Our home is without rooms.

Created: Jul 15th, 2003

Modified: Mar 17th, 2021

Size: 0.74 KB

Genres: Contest, Personal, Other

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POETRY

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by 14 members

Grandmother Willow

Rated: E · Nature · #629678

A companion poem to Katya the Poet's "Sister Tree".

Created: Feb 12th, 2003

Modified: Mar 30th, 2021

Size: 0.98 KB

Genres: Nature, Spiritual, Tribute

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POETRY

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by 11 members

Everything it Takes

Rated: 13+ · Romance/Love · #731047

Playing along with the slammers, though I'm officially eliminated...Round 2, Finales.

Created: Aug 4th, 2003

Modified: Mar 17th, 2021

Size: 1.40 KB

Genres: Romance/Love, Personal, Other

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POETRY

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by 6 members

Reflections on My Eighty-Third Birthday

Rated: ASR · Contest · #708377

Aging is universal; the realization takes a long time to truly accept.

Created: Jun 20th, 2003

Modified: Mar 17th, 2021

Size: 0.65 KB

Genres: Contest, Other, Other

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POETRY

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by 10 members

Planet Delusion

Rated: ASR · Contest · #690125

Outlaw Poet's Weekly Contest entry

Created: May 14th, 2003

Modified: Mar 17th, 2021

Size: 0.61 KB

Genres: Contest, Philosophy, Sci-fi

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APPENDIX

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by 10 members

Commencement

Rated: ASR · Educational · #870830

For the Slam Semi-Finals; Ah, commencement from college. I remember it well.

Created: Jul 23rd, 2004

Modified: May 31st, 2022

Size: 1.19 KB

Genres: Educational, Philosophy, Personal

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POETRY

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by 5 members

Carmen Concocted

Rated: ASR · Contest · #730131

For Round 1 of the Finale; Carmen Miranda's hat is frought with fruit.

Created: Aug 2nd, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 1.05 KB

Genres: Contest, LGBTQ+, Melodrama

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POETRY

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by 9 members

Novice Goddess

Rated: ASR · Nature · #872217

Slam Grand Finale poem one of two: Invention!

Created: Jul 27th, 2004

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 1.07 KB

Genres: Nature, Spiritual, Other

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POETRY

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by 13 members

Leaving Minerva

Rated: ASR · Contest · #724902

For Round 5 of the Son of Slam 3; about a time when I REALLY played the fool...

Created: Jul 23rd, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 1.77 KB

Genres: Contest, Relationship, Romance/Love

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POETRY

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by 10 members

February Sixteen

Rated: ASR · Personal · #631848

Written for writer's cramp, but definitely from the heart.

Created: Feb 15th, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 0.80 KB

Genres: Personal, Nature, Other

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POETRY

★★★★★
by 9 members

Sides

Rated: ASR · Personal · #743610

A free style poem for Writer's Cramp, inspired by Uncle Walt's work.

Created: Aug 30th, 2003

Modified: Mar 17th, 2021

Size: 1.03 KB

Genres: Personal, Other, Other

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ARTICLE

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by 13 members

American Charades Aught Three

Rated: ASR · Contest · #638412

For the Return of the Son of Slam Contest's Grand Finale. Prompt = charades.

Created: Feb 24th, 2003

Modified: Mar 17th, 2021

Size: 1.26 KB

Genres: Contest, Drama, Personal

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POETRY

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by 9 members

Stealing the Midnight Stars

Rated: E · Contest · #851476

The title is the prompt, so I took it from there.

Created: May 22nd, 2004

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 0.64 KB

Genres: Contest, Nature, Other

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ARTICLE

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by 5 members

Prozac Valentine

Rated: 13+ · Other · #629036

Written for Outlaw Poet's Weekly Poetry Contest

Created: Feb 11th, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 0.31 KB

Genres: Other, Other, Other

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POETRY

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by 5 members

Cyclic

Rated: 18+ · Personal · #611044

A look at the circle.

Created: Jan 18th, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 0.50 KB

Genres: Personal, Biographical, Philosophy

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POETRY

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by 11 members

As If

Rated: E · Personal · #600256

A short poem which was one of a chapbook I published in 1991.

Created: Jan 3rd, 2003

Modified: May 1st, 2024

Size: 0.62 KB

Genres: Personal, Death, Women's

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by 10 members

Graduating Backward

Rated: 13+ · Personal · #600262

Written in 1991... graduating from college and terrified of the "real world."

Created: Jan 3rd, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 1.05 KB

Genres: Personal, Women's, Philosophy

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by 4 members

Seize and Desist

Rated: 13+ · Educational · #611049

This is a sequel to Graduating Backwards, written a year or so later.

Created: Jan 18th, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 1.13 KB

Genres: Educational, Personal, Other

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POETRY

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by 14 members

Whatsoever You Do

Rated: 13+ · Emotional · #693457

I wrote this after I realized I had pre-judged a stranger.

Created: May 21st, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 0.77 KB

Genres: Emotional, Experience, Women's

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POETRY

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by 22 members

Your Birthday

Rated: E · Death · #611041

This poem is for everyone who has ever lost a child.

Created: Jan 18th, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 1.13 KB

Genres: Death, Personal, Religious

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POETRY

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by 12 members

Hinges

Rated: ASR · Family · #684150

A Writer's Cramp poem about being free to pass this poem by without reading it.

Created: May 4th, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 0.89 KB

Genres: Family, Personal, Contest

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POETRY

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by 4 members

The Garbage Men

Rated: ASR · Philosophy · #960539

A journal entry stream-of-consciousness turned poem, a la Dr. Seuss.

Created: Apr 14th, 2005

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 1.42 KB

Genres: Philosophy, Scientific, Comedy

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POETRY

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by 9 members

A Waste of Stone

Rated: 18+ · Personal · #601088

A much-revised edition of a poem written for a chapbook back in college.

Created: Jan 4th, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 0.83 KB

Genres: Personal, Death, Philosophy

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POETRY

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by 8 members

Portrait of an Artist at Twenty-One

Rated: 18+ · Personal · #611269

A short poem written in 1991.

Created: Jan 18th, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 0.44 KB

Genres: Personal, Other, Other

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POETRY

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by 17 members

Constanze Weber

Rated: ASR · Music · #998731

Slamming about Mozart as husband, love lost.

Created: Aug 6th, 2005

Modified: Dec 13th, 2023

Size: 0.81 KB

Genres: Music, Romance/Love, Erotica

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POETRY

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by 5 members

Tom & Jerry

Rated: E · Music · #727553

Simon & Garfunkel used to call themselves "Tom & Jerry."

Created: Jul 28th, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 1.17 KB

Genres: Music, Contest, Relationship

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POETRY

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by 8 members

Romance Aisle

Rated: 13+ · Food/Cooking · #869538

A poetic, public, intimate experience with food.

Created: Jul 19th, 2004

Modified: Mar 17th, 2021

Size: 0.59 KB

Genres: Food/Cooking, Comedy, Romance/Love

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POETRY

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by 11 members

Mystery Aquatic

Rated: E · Animal · #713985

Prompted by a news story about a mysterious sea creature found in Chile...what is it?

Created: Jul 2nd, 2003

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 0.70 KB

Genres: Animal, Mystery, Nature

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POETRY

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by 12 members

Playing Chopin (Piano Concerto #2)

Rated: E · Music · #866247

How to play Chopin's Piano Concerto #2, in a poem. Nobody said it was easy.

Created: Jul 9th, 2004

Modified: Mar 17th, 2021

Size: 1.29 KB

Genres: Music, Biographical, Educational

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POETRY

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by 2 members

Away From the Place

Rated: 18+ · Personal · #1895840

A woman faces judgement and finds an angel.

Created: Oct 5th, 2012

Modified: Mar 5th, 2021

Size: 0.73 KB

Genres: Personal, Dark, Political

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POETRY

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by 6 members

The Sun

Rated: E · Sci-fi · #962719

Written for the "Surrealtor" contest, and of the superstar sun...

Created: Apr 20th, 2005

Modified: Mar 29th, 2021

Size: 1.33 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Supernatural, Other

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POETRY

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by 1 member

Howling at the Pink Moon

Rated: ASR · Contest Entry · #2249801

For writer's cramp

Created: May 4th, 2021

Modified: May 4th, 2021

Size: 0.52 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Other, Other

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by 3 members

Somehow Come and Gone

Rated: E · Holiday · #2247719

For Writer's Cramp

Created: Apr 3rd, 2021

Modified: Nov 22nd, 2023

Size: 0.56 KB

Genres: Holiday, Personal, Women's

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POETRY

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by 4 members

Soup of the Day

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2247479

for Writer's Cramp

Created: Mar 31st, 2021

Modified: Mar 31st, 2021

Size: 0.83 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Other, Other

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POETRY

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by 5 members

Resurrection Song

Rated: E · Religious · #2271623

For the Lighthouse Poetry Contest: Resurrection

Created: Apr 19th, 2022

Modified: Aug 2nd, 2024

Size: 1.09 KB

Genres: Religious, Contest Entry, Relationship

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by 3 members

Seeing Red

Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #2246939

A Writer's Cramp entry, of dreamtime reds

Created: Mar 22nd, 2021

Modified: Dec 13th, 2023

Size: 0.74 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Arts, Personal

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POETRY

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by 3 members

Peacock

Rated: E · Contest · #2271236

For writer's cramp

Created: Apr 13th, 2022

Modified: Aug 2nd, 2024

Size: 0.78 KB

Genres: Contest, Contest Entry, Nature

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by 1 member

Much Too Much

Rated: 18+ · Personal · #2331817

Remote work during the pandemic

Created: Dec 13th, 2024

Modified: Dec 13th, 2024

Size: 2.51 KB

Genres: Personal, Dark, Health

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